Category: Looking Back

With multifaceted performances by William Hurt and Raúl Juliá, this 1985 Oscar winner affirms the power of acts of empathy and understanding under fascist regimes. 

The Oscar-winning actor’s sole directorial effort was released 55 years ago. Though considered one of the finest films of the 1950s, it took some time to find its audience.

What happens when Hollywood’s alpha male of action cinema slips a little existentialism into his escapism? The results are somewhat confusing but strangely compelling.

Frank Marshall’s “thrill-omedy” deftly combines Hitchcockian suspense with campy 1950s creature feature fun, but there’s more to this film than basic B-movie entertainment.

In 1945, Gene Kelly was about to near the beginning of his illustrious career. Jerry Mouse was already at the top. We explore how the two came to dance together.

In a setting away from their childhood homes, two young men realize they have taken different paths. One has entered into […]

Bill Murray’s only directorial effort captures his curmudgeonly spirit in its chronicle of three bank robbers on a farcical New York City odyssey.

Three boys escape their humdrum suburban lives by going to space in Joe Dante’s sci-fi fantasy, which launched into theaters 40 years ago.

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of its French release, we look back at the documentary that’s come to represent Agnès Varda’s uniquely generous approach to filmmaking.